Herman Boone Dies: ‘Remember The Titans’ Coach Portrayed By Denzel Washington Was 84
Former T.C. Williams High School coach Herman Boone, who led one of Virginia’s first integrated football teams to a championship memorialized in the film Remember the Titans, has died. He was 84.
Boone’s Alexandria, Virginia team went 13-0 in 1971, becoming state champions and national championship runners-up. He was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 2000 Disney film. Boone was the team’s coach until 1979.
“It is with great sadness that we share the sad news of the passing of former Head Football Coach Herman Boone who lead the Titans to the State Championship in 1971,” the school said on Wednesday.
Washington won a Black Reel Award for Best Actor in 2001 for the Boone role and also was named Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture at that year’s NAACP Image Awards.
Bill Yoast, the football coach whose personality was portrayed by Will Patton in Remember The Titans, died in May at 94. He coached at Francis C.
Boone’s Alexandria, Virginia team went 13-0 in 1971, becoming state champions and national championship runners-up. He was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 2000 Disney film. Boone was the team’s coach until 1979.
“It is with great sadness that we share the sad news of the passing of former Head Football Coach Herman Boone who lead the Titans to the State Championship in 1971,” the school said on Wednesday.
Washington won a Black Reel Award for Best Actor in 2001 for the Boone role and also was named Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture at that year’s NAACP Image Awards.
Bill Yoast, the football coach whose personality was portrayed by Will Patton in Remember The Titans, died in May at 94. He coached at Francis C.
- 12/18/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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